Joan Petersilia is the Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. She is the author of When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry and coeditor, with James Q. Wilson, of Crime and Public Policy. Kevin R. Reitz is the James Annenberg Le Vea Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota. He currently serves as Reporter for the American Law Institute's project to revise the sentencing and corrections articles of the Model Penal Code. He is coauthor, with Henry Ruth, of The Challenge of Crime: Rethinking Our Response.

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• Introduction: Joan Petersilia and Kevin R. Reitz, Sentencing and Corrections: Overlapping and Inseparable Subjects ; Part I: Sentencing & Corrections: History and Present Context ; Chapter 1: Jonathan Simon, Mass Incarceration: From Social Policy to Social Problem ; Chapter 2: Michael Tonry, Race, Ethnicity, and Punishment ; Chapter 3: Alec Ewald and Christopher Uggen, The Collateral Effects of Imprisonment on Prisoners, Their Families, and Communities ; Chapter 4: Julian V. Roberts, Crime Victims, Sentencing, and Release from Prison. ; Part II: Sentencing ; A. Sentencing Theories and Their Application ; Chapter 5: Richard S. Frase, Theories of Proportionality and Desert ; Chapter 6: James L. Nolan, Jr., Problem-Solving Courts: An International Comparison ; Chapter 7: Cheryl Marie Webster and Anthony N. Doob, Searching for Sasquatch: Deterrence of Crime Through Sentence Severity ; Chapter 8: Christopher Slobogin, Risk Assessment ; Chapter 9: Lawrence W. Sherman and Heather Strang, Restorative Justice as Evidence-Based Sentencing ; B. Sentencing Systems ; Chapter 10: Ronald D. Wright, Charging and Plea Bargaining as Forms of Sentencing Discretion ; Chapter 11: Kevin R. Reitz, The <"Traditional>" Indeterminate Sentencing Model ; Chapter 12: Robert Weisberg, The Sentencing Commission Model, 1970s to Present ; Chapter 13: Nancy J. King, Procedure at Sentencing ; Part III: Corrections ; A. The Correctional Context ; Chapter 14: Karol Lucken and Thomas G. Blomberg, American Corrections: Reform Without Change ; B. Community Corrections and Intermediate Punishments ; Chapter 15: Faye S. Taxman, Probation, Intermediate Sanctions & Community-Based Corrections ; C. Jails, Prisons and Other Secure Facilities ; Chapter 16: Gary F. Cornelius, Jails, Pretrial Detention and Short-Term Confinement ; Chapter 17: George M. Camp and Bert Useem, Prison Governance: Correctional Leadership in the Current Era ; Chapter 18. Richard W. Harding, Regulating Prison Conditions: Some International Comparisons ; D. What Works in Correctional Treatment? ; Chapter 19: Steven Belenko, Kimberly A. Houser, and Wayne Welsh, Understanding the Impact of Drug Treatment in Correctional Settings ; Chapter 20: Doris MacKenzie, The Effectiveness of Corrections-Based Work and Academic and Vocational Education Programs ; E. Managing a Changing Offender Population ; Chapter 21: Jennifer Skeem & Jillian Peterson, Identifying, Treating, and Reducing Risk for Offenders with Mental Illness ; Chapter 22: Roxanne Lieb, Sex Offender Management and Treatment ; Chapter 23: LaTosha Traylor and Beth Richie, Female Offenders and Women in Prison ; Chapter 24: Craig Haney, The Psychological Impacts of Prison Confinement ; Chapter 25: Michael Santos, Living Life Behind Bars in America ; F. Prison Release and Reentry Challenges ; Chapter 26: Edward Rhine, The Present Status and Future Prospects of Parole Boards and Parole Supervision ; Chapter 27: Tom Le Bel and Shadd Maruna, Life on the Outside: Transitioning From Prison to the Community ; Chapter 28: Christy Visher and Jeremy Travis, The Characteristics of Prisoners Returning Home and Effective Reentry Programs and Policies ; G. The Death Penalty ; Chapter 29: Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker, Broken and Beyond Repair: The American Death Penalty and the Insuperable Obstacles to Reform ; Chapter 30: Franklin E. Zimring and David Johnson, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs: Four Destructive Influences of Capital Punishment on American Criminal Justice

Joan Petersilia is the Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. She is the author of When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry and coeditor, with James Q. Wilson, of Crime and Public Policy. Kevin R. Reitz is the James Annenberg Le Vea Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota. He currently serves as Reporter for the American Law Institute's project to revise the sentencing and corrections articles of the Model Penal Code. He is coauthor, with Henry Ruth, of The Challenge of Crime: Rethinking Our Response.

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• Introduction: Joan Petersilia and Kevin R. Reitz, Sentencing and Corrections: Overlapping and Inseparable Subjects ; Part I: Sentencing & Corrections: History and Present Context ; Chapter 1: Jonathan Simon, Mass Incarceration: From Social Policy to Social Problem ; Chapter 2: Michael Tonry, Race, Ethnicity, and Punishment ; Chapter 3: Alec Ewald and Christopher Uggen, The Collateral Effects of Imprisonment on Prisoners, Their Families, and Communities ; Chapter 4: Julian V. Roberts, Crime Victims, Sentencing, and Release from Prison. ; Part II: Sentencing ; A. Sentencing Theories and Their Application ; Chapter 5: Richard S. Frase, Theories of Proportionality and Desert ; Chapter 6: James L. Nolan, Jr., Problem-Solving Courts: An International Comparison ; Chapter 7: Cheryl Marie Webster and Anthony N. Doob, Searching for Sasquatch: Deterrence of Crime Through Sentence Severity ; Chapter 8: Christopher Slobogin, Risk Assessment ; Chapter 9: Lawrence W. Sherman and Heather Strang, Restorative Justice as Evidence-Based Sentencing ; B. Sentencing Systems ; Chapter 10: Ronald D. Wright, Charging and Plea Bargaining as Forms of Sentencing Discretion ; Chapter 11: Kevin R. Reitz, The <"Traditional>" Indeterminate Sentencing Model ; Chapter 12: Robert Weisberg, The Sentencing Commission Model, 1970s to Present ; Chapter 13: Nancy J. King, Procedure at Sentencing ; Part III: Corrections ; A. The Correctional Context ; Chapter 14: Karol Lucken and Thomas G. Blomberg, American Corrections: Reform Without Change ; B. Community Corrections and Intermediate Punishments ; Chapter 15: Faye S. Taxman, Probation, Intermediate Sanctions & Community-Based Corrections ; C. Jails, Prisons and Other Secure Facilities ; Chapter 16: Gary F. Cornelius, Jails, Pretrial Detention and Short-Term Confinement ; Chapter 17: George M. Camp and Bert Useem, Prison Governance: Correctional Leadership in the Current Era ; Chapter 18. Richard W. Harding, Regulating Prison Conditions: Some International Comparisons ; D. What Works in Correctional Treatment? ; Chapter 19: Steven Belenko, Kimberly A. Houser, and Wayne Welsh, Understanding the Impact of Drug Treatment in Correctional Settings ; Chapter 20: Doris MacKenzie, The Effectiveness of Corrections-Based Work and Academic and Vocational Education Programs ; E. Managing a Changing Offender Population ; Chapter 21: Jennifer Skeem & Jillian Peterson, Identifying, Treating, and Reducing Risk for Offenders with Mental Illness ; Chapter 22: Roxanne Lieb, Sex Offender Management and Treatment ; Chapter 23: LaTosha Traylor and Beth Richie, Female Offenders and Women in Prison ; Chapter 24: Craig Haney, The Psychological Impacts of Prison Confinement ; Chapter 25: Michael Santos, Living Life Behind Bars in America ; F. Prison Release and Reentry Challenges ; Chapter 26: Edward Rhine, The Present Status and Future Prospects of Parole Boards and Parole Supervision ; Chapter 27: Tom Le Bel and Shadd Maruna, Life on the Outside: Transitioning From Prison to the Community ; Chapter 28: Christy Visher and Jeremy Travis, The Characteristics of Prisoners Returning Home and Effective Reentry Programs and Policies ; G. The Death Penalty ; Chapter 29: Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker, Broken and Beyond Repair: The American Death Penalty and the Insuperable Obstacles to Reform ; Chapter 30: Franklin E. Zimring and David Johnson, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs: Four Destructive Influences of Capital Punishment on American Criminal Justice